Presented by Dino De Laurentiis and produced by his daughter Raffaella De Laurentiis, this all-star 1984 film gives Frank Herbert's Hugo and Nebula Award–winning novel an epic scope, vividly depicting a far future when humans travel between stars and a galactic empire depends upon the transformative spice found on the planet Dune. Kyle MacLachlan stars as young Paul Atreides, the scion of a noble family who rises to the level of a messiah. José Ferrer, Max von Sydow, Linda Hunt, Patrick Stewart, Dean Stockwell, Sean Young, and Sting also star.